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Mkvextract / Extract Subtitle Track

Extract Subtitle Track

Use mkvextract to extract a specific subtitle track from an MKV file to SRT format.

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Terminal
mkvextract tracks <path/to/file.mkv> <3>:<path/to/subs.srt>

When To Use

You need to extract subtitles from an MKV file for translation purposes.

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Back to syntax
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Generated Command
mkvextract tracks <path/to/file.mkv> <3>:<path/to/subs.srt>

Terminal Output

Expected runtime feedback

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Output
Extracting track 3 to 'path/to/subs.srt'...
Done.

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

mkvextract
Base Command
The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Mkvextract before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<path/to/file.mkv>
Input Files
The file path or paths supplied to this command.
<3>
3
The value supplied for 3.
<path/to/subs.srt>
path to subs.srt
The value supplied for path to subs.srt.

How To Run

Execution path

  1. Step 1

    Run the command with the MKV file path and track number.

  2. Step 2

    Specify the output path for the extracted subtitle file.

  3. Step 3

    Check the output file for the extracted subtitles.

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